Weight gain

[mama2annabelle]

I'm just wondering what other September mamas have gained so far. Right now I guess we're at the point where we should be gaining about 1lb a week. We'll I've been consistantly gaining more than that. So far I've gained 38lbs and I still have 6 and a half weeks before the baby is due. I've not been concerned about it at all, but yesterday my midwife made mention of it so it got me thinking...

So what have you gained so far?

BTW: I started at 105 lbs.
With DD's pregnancy I started at 110lbs and gained 42 total.

[Caroline248]

I started at 110 and have gained 30 pounds so far. That is not a lot for me...I gained 70 pounds with Lilly!!!

Caroline

[plantmommy]

Thin ladies!

I started at, I'm guessing, around 128. I didn't own a scale. Now I'm at about 150 (haven't checked in the last few days). 5.5 weeks until EDD.

[msrog]

Thin and small boned ladies, indeed! I started at 162... and have gained 28 pounds. So I'm up to 190. This week doc said I gained 2 pounds, but they measure you in your clothes, you know? I'm going by my morning naked weight, lol.

[plantmommy]

Yeah, but I'm a shrimpy 5'2" with that 128 to start! curvacious, you know.

With ds I gained 20lbs total, then lost two in the last two weeks or so. With dd I gained 35, which was a lot on my frame! But I weighed 117 or something when I got pregnant with her. I was still nursing ds and for me, that melted the fat off. So I needed those 35, according to the mw.

[JenInMpls]

5'2" and 128, that sounds lovely. I am 5'3" and haven't weighed 128 since my senior year of high school.

I started heavy, around 190 (it's a lot easier to gain 50 lbs than lose it...), lost 13 pounds in the first tri and have come back up to 192. So... I've either gained 2 pounds, or 15!

Jen

[cottonwood]

I don't know. But I am gaining similarly as with my other pregnancies (that is, all the weight is going to my belly) so I'm estimating about 27 lbs. I started out at 195-200 and 5'6".

[chrissy]

I started this pregnancy at 5 10 and 165 and I think I'm up to about 190 (so +25). With Noah I gained 50.

[mama2annabelle]

Thanks ladies. So it looks like I'm on the high end in comparison, but I started small so maybe my body needs the extra weight. Yeah, that's what I'm telling myself

I really haven't been splurging on the sweets like I did with DD's pregnancy (well just a little), so I can't see why I'm gaining more this time. And it's funny...from the back you can't even tell I'm pregnant. But then I turn around and 'Whoa, torpedo belly!!!'

At my mw appt the other day, the nurse said "It really looks like you just have a big watermelon under your shirt." :LOL

[JenInMpls]

Originally Posted by mama2annabelle

...from the back you can't even tell I'm pregnant.

I have been told this too, and also been told that I have lost weight on the rest of my body - arms, neck, legs, and most noticeably, butt...

A watermelon, eh?

j

[Slingin'Momto4]

I started off at around 125 and I gained 50 lbs, I am up to 170 : I just hope it will all come off, I have 5 wks until baby is due

[KittyUK]

I started 5ft9, 126 pounds, and have put on 21 pounds. I have 8 weeks to go so that should take me up to 29 pounds.
This is exactly the same gain as with my daughter. At least i'm predictable

I don't look pregnant from the back either. I turn round and scare people with my bump

[Mom2baldie]

I started at 114 lbs and now weigh around 132-133, so Ive gained 18 or 19 pounds. If we were supposed to say our height, I am 5 ft. 8 in.

With Riley I gained 36 pounds and weighed 139 at 39 weeks. (I was very underweight I know. Very unhealthy.)

With Paityn I gained 27 lbs and weighed 139 at 38 weeks.

I am hoping to make it to 139 lbs again this time, but am having a harder time gaining this time for some reason. I guess because I am still breastfeeding Paityn...

[mum2tori]

Well, I started out at about 135-140 (still packing the last 20+ of the 65+ : : pounds from DS born in March last year) and I weigh 190 at my appointment on Tuesday. I'm about 5'5" in height, I gain between 55-65+ pounds with each pregnancy. I was able to get all the weight off from DD (and the last 15 pounds that I'd gain after we got married) when I got pregnant with DS. I just haven't had "time" to get rid of all of DS's weight when I got pregnant again. :

Shocked myself when I looked at my records on my 30wk visit and saw that I was already the weight that I had DD (183) and DS (186) and I still had 10 weeks to go. I currently have 6+ weeks to go. My OB isn't worried though, I'm a steady gainer (eating all the time doesn't help ) and I have "8" pound babies. And I've always gone 40 weeks. :LOL

I always take my shoes off when they weigh me. I'm living in my Birks now (not too heavy) but I was wearing my clogs (with those nice heavy wood bottoms) so I'm in the habit of just taking them off. Every little bit counts.

ETA: a lot of it seems to have gone to my BUTT!! : : So much for just carrying in the front like the other 2 pregnancies.

[allibabble]

mama2annabelle, don't stress too much, or else that means I should be bawling by now.

I'm 5'3", and started pregnancy about 15 pounds above my "happy/comfortable" weight range of 125-130. Since this pregnancy wasn't planned, I don't know *exactly* how much I weighed. So, for an estimate, assume I was a stocky (yet muscular and curly :P) 140ish.

Last visit to my midwife, I weighed in at 180.5! Unlike you lucky gals who've lost in other places while your belly has grown, I've grown EVERYWHERE! Big butt, big thighs...big ribcage since I'm short...ack!

Someone, please tell me this really can go away with breastfeeding, exercise, and a healthy diet?

Allison

[4under6]

Well, I'm still down 4 pounds from where I started. I was down 9 pounds at one point, but then I have finally been gaining a bit here and there.
Don't ask me how.
I EAT!
But I am also so much more active this pregnancy than I was before.

[MamaAcorn]

I've gained 20.5 pounds total at my last appointment at 31 weeks. I gained 40 with ds, but I started out 20 pounds lighter with him than this one.

Pam

[Lazuli]

Let's see....I'm about 5'8" and weighed about 208 when I got pregnant. Went down to 185 in the first trimester and according to my scale I'm hovering between 215 and 220 depending on the time of day and stuff. I eat when I'm hungry, which varies from day to day, but the doctor I saw this week said I should be eating 8 times a day. I don't want to force myself to eat when i'm not hungry though. Oh well. Nothing has been said to me about my weight, so I assume everything is fine. I should ask about that next week.

[banana girl]

fatty, fatty two by four!

Hey guys!

I seem to have slowed down a little bit, but my last appointment revealed a 40 ish pound weight gain! I started out around Christmas at about 150 and I'm up to 190. I think I've put on about another 5 pounds since that check up, but I feel good and look lovely so.... so what! I've never been a little svelt hoochie mama and I probably never will be. I like my body and will find the right balance again after this baby is born.

Although I must admit will be sad if i never get to wear those gorgeous pin striped trousers we had bought me late last fall! They were so hot on me!

[3boobykins]

I've gained about 30 lbs--started off at 117 and was 147 on Wed at almost 32 weeks. I'm guessing I'll gain 35-40 total, depending on when baby arrives. With ds I gained 30 lbs by 39 weeks, with dd around 35 by 36 weeks. I started out around 8-10 lbs. lighter this time around, due to nursing and chasing around my active kiddos. I tend to gain a good 8-10 my first trimester, as eating constantly helps my queasiness, then I gain pretty evenly throughout. I've noticed that I've gained less in my face and arms this time than with my previous pgs. Usually my face fills out more than it has this time. I think I'm mostly belly this pg, plus some butt and theigh gain. My appetite is pretty low these days, and nausea is back a bit. I think 35-40 lbs. must be just right for my body. One place I haven't gained or grown this time is my boobs! Since my milk supply has dropped off starting around twenty-some weeks, they've actually shrunk! NO FAIR! I'm only an A cup to begin with. I bought a really cute paisley halter maternity dress at around 14 weeks, and now it looks ridiculous on me because my boobs don't fill it, so I have this flat-looking chest and big belly. I think I'll take it back to Old Navy and get some baby stuff instead.